# ACK! help! I've got wormy things in my fish tank
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**Created:** [October 29, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870 "2008-10-29T19:39:26Z")
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### Author:  [@dc2nick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dc2nick)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/21 "2008-10-30T05:01:38Z")
Nuke um
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/22 "2008-10-30T05:47:01Z")
> [@AP1Nick](#):
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> Nuke um
what, just like put the whole tank in the microwave? :lol
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### Author:  [@Cliff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cliff)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/23 "2008-10-30T11:18:34Z")
> [@votblindub](#):
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> what, just like put the whole tank in the microwave? :lol
poor battery acid in your tank
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### Author:  [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/24 "2008-10-30T11:21:40Z")
What were they? Are they gone? WTF!?
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### Author:  [@Cliff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cliff)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/25 "2008-10-30T11:22:53Z")
maybe its only fish poop…
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### Author:  [@Sully93vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sully93vr4)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/26 "2008-10-30T11:23:16Z")
Get LaDuke on here, He’s been working at Eddies fish store for a few years . I’m sure he knows.
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### Author:  [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/27 "2008-10-30T11:26:12Z")
[http://en.allexperts.com/q/Saltwater-Aquarium-3215/2008/4/Green-Worm.htm](http://en.allexperts.com/q/Saltwater-Aquarium-3215/2008/4/Green-Worm.htm)
> **[Feather-duster worm | polychaete](https://www.britannica.com/animal/feather-duster-worm)**
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> Feather-duster worm: Feather-duster worm, any large, segmented marine worm of the family Sabellidae (class Polychaeta, phylum Annelida). The name is also occasionally applied to members of the closely related polychaete family Serpulidae. Sabellids...
???
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/28 "2008-10-30T11:28:43Z")
> [@Cliff](#):
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> maybe its only fish poop…
well, i thought it was snail poop, but when they started to move around, i was like ,yea, poop doesnt move like that.
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### Author:  [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/29 "2008-10-30T11:30:33Z")
> [@n!cole](#):
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> [http://en.allexperts.com/q/Saltwater-Aquarium-3215/2008/4/Green-Worm.htm](http://en.allexperts.com/q/Saltwater-Aquarium-3215/2008/4/Green-Worm.htm)
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> [Feather-duster worm | Tube-dwelling, Filter-feeding, Segmented | Britannica](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/203188/feather-duster-worm#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=feather-duster%20worm%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia)
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> ???
he said whats in his tank is only 2-3mm long… that doesn’t sound like what they are describing in the link… right??? :confused
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/30 "2008-10-30T11:31:05Z")
> [@n!cole](#):
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> [http://en.allexperts.com/q/Saltwater-Aquarium-3215/2008/4/Green-Worm.htm](http://en.allexperts.com/q/Saltwater-Aquarium-3215/2008/4/Green-Worm.htm)
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> [Feather-duster worm | Tube-dwelling, Filter-feeding, Segmented | Britannica](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/203188/feather-duster-worm#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=feather-duster%20worm%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia)
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> ???
i WISH! those are salt water worms. theyre tube worms. theyre filterfeeders and are harmless. mine are like tiny tiny catterpillars.
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### Author:  [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/31 "2008-10-30T11:32:53Z")
[http://www.petfish.net/articles/Aquarium\_Basics/bug-worm.php](http://www.petfish.net/articles/Aquarium_Basics/bug-worm.php)
?
That page kinda has a few similar things to what you’re talking about…
- Medium thick wormy thing with black head: 4-5mm long. Looks a little like a grub with no legs, yellow-white body, black grublike head. It’s probably the larva of some type of water beetle.
Danger: none.
- Water beetles: generally, water beetles mean the underwater (not surface) swimming beetles which have piercing mouth parts and can grow up to 4" long. They have a dark brown or black shell, their legs stick out very little when viewed from the top. THEY BITE. Also called “toe biters” as swimmers most often encounter them when they are stepped on.
Danger: will eat small fish (under 1") and water insects. Can bite people. Handle with care. Handle by using thumb and finger to pinch on the sides of the shell so you will be well away from their mouth.
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/32 "2008-10-30T12:01:06Z")
i added some water in hopes that they will float down and the fish will pick them up. ill see if they’re around today. i usually sit in front of my tank looking around for a while a couple of days a week just to check on things.
I also posted on [allexperts.com](http://allexperts.com) from looking online i see ppl getting white worms. i really wish i had a microscope. id actually be able to get much better photos of them that way and bring em to a pet store. ill see if i can find something cheap on ebay.
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### Author:  [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/33 "2008-10-30T12:02:48Z")
I don’t think the white worms they get are the same thing as what you have. That’s like a paracite. Are they attacking your fishies?
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/34 "2008-10-30T12:09:21Z")
no, actually. they were not even interacting with each other. they sorta hung out on the glass crawling in figure 8’s just above the waterline. they didnt make any attempts to get into the water or get far from it. they were on the glass where theres still some water film, they were also hanging out under the light. there was about 7 of them there. i managed to get one out without smushing it and put it on my fingertip to look at it under a zoom lens. it stopped moving around, but i think it was just pretending to be dead. i looked at it for a while then just smeared it on the piece of plexiglass i have sitting under the tank. I’m hoping those are from like a waterbeetle or something. cuz if one appears in the tank the cats will get it. theyre pretty agressive for some reason. they scarfed one of my tiny shrimp i had in there. the bamboo shrimp is too big for them to eat, so thats good. i wana get a LARGE tank that Bobby has so I can maybe make a waterproof webcam case for it and plop that in the tank and just leave a feed on the net. like the ones on winamp. it’d be pretty neat.
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### Author:  [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/35 "2008-10-30T12:24:57Z")
Well if you had a water beetle in there before, it would make sense those are probably it’s babies, no?
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/36 "2008-10-30T12:45:36Z")
i never had one in there. i DID however handle one like a month ago, but I didnt touch my tank for days. so its unlikely its from that one. The damn thing landed on my car when i jsut got done washing it, and i didnt wana mush it, so i picked it up and put it in a jar of water outside.
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### Author:  [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/37 "2008-10-30T13:43:42Z")
Who have fish as pets? srsly? They don’t respond to you, they swim, eat, and die…and cost money :ahh
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### Author:  [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/38 "2008-10-30T13:58:15Z")
They do respond to you, and they are calming. 🙂
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### Author:  [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/39 "2008-10-30T14:19:58Z")
surround the tank with red underglow and they will internally combust.
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ack-help-ive-got-wormy-things-in-my-fish-tank/239870/40 "2008-10-30T15:14:08Z")
i just looked at the tank. theres 7 of them. theyre different in length, so theyre obviously slightly different in age. the biggest one appears to be eating the calcium on the side of the tank. my snails do that for the shells, but why would a squishy wormy need it? they got nothing like bone. at most they have is chitin
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